Cap. 464 Art. 24Register of Nurses.

(1) The Council for Nurses and Midwives shall keep a register, in this Act referred to as "the Register of Nurses", which shall consist of the following parts:

(a) Part I in respect of first level registered nurses;

(b) Part II in respect of second level registered nurses; and

(c) Special Parts in respect of nurses trained in the different special areas recognized by the Council for Nurses and Midwives.

(2) There shall be entered in the respective Part of the Register, upon an application to that effect by the person concerned -

(a) in Part I of the said Register, the name of any citizen of Malta, or Member State, who holds -

(i) the degree or diploma in nursing granted by the University of Malta, or the equivalent nursing qualification granted by the School of Nursing; or

(ii) a nursing qualification as listed in Part V of the Second Schedule; or

(iii) a nursing qualification, obtained from any other university, college or nursing school recognized by the Council for Nurses and Midwives: Provided that the said Council may, in respect of such qualification, require the applicant to sit for and passe a professional and linguistic proficiency test;

(b) in Part II of the said Register the name of every citizen of Malta, or Member State, who -

(i) holds the certificate in nursing granted by the University of Malta, or the equivalent nursing qualification granted by the School of Nursing; or

(ii) an equivalent nursing qualification recognized by the said Council: Provided that the said Council may, in respect of such qualification, require the applicant to sit for and passe a professional and linguistic proficiency test;

(c) in the respective Special Parts of the said Register the name of every citizen of Malta, or Member State, who holds -

(i) a nursing qualification in a special area of nursing granted by the University of Malta or the equivalent nursing qualification granted by the School of Nursing; or

(ii) an equivalent nursing qualification, obtained from a university, college or nursing school within a Member State; or

(iii) an equivalent nursing qualification, obtained from any other university, college or nursing school recognized by the Council for Nurses and Midwives: Provided that for the purposes of paragraph (c)(ii), the provisions of the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications Act, and of any regulations made thereunder, in respect of education and training, qualifications, evidence of professional experience, adaptation period and aptitude test, shall apply: Provided further that the said Council may, in respect of the qualification referred to in paragraph (c)(iii), where it deems appropriate, require that the applicant sits for and passes a professional and linguistic proficiency test.

(3) The Council for Nurses and Midwives shall keep separate registers as described in sub-article (2)(a), (b) and (c) in which, following an application to that effect by the person concerned, shall be entered, for a period not exceeding two years and subject to any condition as the Council for Nurses and Midwives may deem necessary, the name of every person, not being a citizen of Malta or a citizen of a Member State, who holds the degree, diploma or qualification described in each of the paragraphs of sub-article (2).

(4) For the purposes of this article and of article 23, "School of Nursing" means the School of Nursing established under the Approved Schools Ordinance, now repealed.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-articles (1) and (2), the Council for Nurses and Midwives shall keep registers as described in sub-articles (2)(a), (b) and (c) in which following an application to that effect by the person concerned, shall be entered respectively the names of any citizen of Malta or of a member state who qualify for the qualifications listed in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) or, subject to the provisions of the proviso thereto, sub-paragraph

(iii) of paragraph (a), the qualifications listed in sub-paragraph (i) or subject to the provisions of the proviso thereto, sub-paragraph

(ii) of paragraph (b), and the qualifications listed in sub-paragraphs

(i) or (ii) or, subject to the provisions of the provisos thereto, sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of sub-article (2), but have not yet obtained such qualifications.

(6) The Council may require competent authorities of Member States to confirm the authenticity of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications issued in that Member State, and also a confirmation that the person concerned has fulfilled all the training requirements laid down by national law.